another day in the life of . . .
a day of work done, chores completed and now the half hour of free time before I go to bed. i started work at 8:30, put some siding on a porch, as well as wood tops on a railing. this involved much planing and cutting of wood. came home, watered the plants, fed the sheep, practised some tai chi, did some more work on my "rustic" shelving unit. today's work was tying baling twine around the joints, where the cross-bars meet the posts. i'm building it entirely out of rounds, which is quite an interesting experience--difficult in the plumb and square arena. it looks very rustic. this unit is part of the "renovation" we're doing in the brown (our trailer) to make winter a sane experience for us all. we've ripped out the furnace (we have a wood stove), and we're in the process of organizing the food, dishes and books into something resembling a planned communal living space. after the shelves, it was dish time, eat time, more dish time, accounting time and now it's writing time. that must mean it's almost bed time. it's busy, but i like it that way.